Mr Romi Navaratnam

Consultant Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon in London

MSc MS FRCS

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Professional statement

Mr Romi Navaratnam is a leading Colorectal and Laparoscopic surgeon based in London and a founding Consultant of the gastrointestinal units at The Wellington Hospital and the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, both are recognised as national and international centres of excellence.

His areas of expertise lie in the investigation and management of irritable bowel syndrome, rectal bleeding, haemorrhoids, bowel cancer and is an expert in performing colonoscopy and laparoscopic keyhole surgery

Mr Navaratnam trained in Nottingham, Cambridge, London and Sri Lanka before being appointed as a Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeon at the North Middlesex University Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Royal Free Medical School in 2002. He is an editor for the journal of Frontiers in Oncology.

As well as being a member of the London Cancer Alliance Board,in which he forms part of the laparoscopic advisory group, he is the cancer lead at his NHS hospital and provides routine advice to both local and international medical institutions. This includes NHS Trusts and certain governments with regards to the management of senior dignitaries.

He has recently introduced a new minimally invasive surgical technique that has proven successful and popular with patients, resulting in reduced post-operative discomfort and thus ultimately a reduced length of hospital stay.

His work over the past 17 years as a Consultant Surgeon has been associated with very positive outcomes.

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14/01/2025

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Verified Patient
14/01/2025

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Mr Navaratnam is easy to talk to and I felt very confident in him from the start.

Verified Patient
09/01/2025

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Mr Navaratnam is personable, friendly, caring, compassionate, utterly professional & obviously a brilliant surgeon. I would thorough recommend him to anyone who asks. He also has a great sense of humour, which I like!

Verified Patient
11/12/2024

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Very thorough and explained all choices to me together with any possible problems associated with surgery. Very helpful


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